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CATALOG RECORD

Action Comics #21

DC · Series began 1938 · February 1940

WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT

  • Terry Curtis (Cyclotron) — inventor, introduction

Dates

Cover date
February 1940
On sale
December 24, 1939
Pages
68

Values

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Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Joe Shuster, Fred Guardineer, Homer Fleming, Sheldon Moldoff, Bernard Baily, Bert Christmaninks: Paul Cassidy, Fred Guardineer, Homer Fleming, Sheldon Moldoff, Bernard Baily, Bert Christmanscript: Jerry Siegel, Gardner Foxletters: Bernard Baily

Stories

  • The Atomic Disintegrator · 12.88 pages

    Ultra hears of the invention by Terry Curtis of an atomic disintegrator he has created and vows to get it, all in order to further advance his plan to dominate the world.

  • The Florida Handicap Race · 6 pages
  • The Gun-Running Racket · 6 pages
  • The Doll Murders · 10 pages
  • A Blaze of Glory · 1.67 pages
  • The Lost Scot Gold Mine, Part 1 · 6 pages
  • 1940's Fair Honored; Health Stamps · 0.3 pages
  • The Deaths on the Moor · 11 pages

Publisher’s description

Superman takes to the high seas!

Characters

Clark KentSupermanGeorge TaylorZataraTex ThomsonPep MorganBob DaleyThe Ultra-HumaniteTongChuck DawsonClip CarsonFog FortuneGunner BillWhistler WillGargantua T. PottsTerry Curtis

Reprinted in

Superman: The Action Comics Archives (1997), The Superman Chronicles (2006), Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2013), Superman: The Golden Age (2016), DC Finest: Superman: The First Superhero (2024)

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